,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eaia  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #h1       
#bjbe,mr4 ,khanna 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,garamendi1 and ,mr4 ,davis of ,north   
,carolina7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a      
,,bill  ,to direct the ,under ,secretary
 of ,defense for ,research and          
,engineering to issue guidance for      
private entities on demonstrating how   
biobased products meet ,department of   
,defense requirements1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,establishing biobased   
product merit guidance  7a7 ,in general 
,not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this ,act1 the      
,under ,secretary of ,defense for       
,research and ,engineering1 in          
coordination with the ,secretaries of   
the military departments 7as defined in 
section #aja7;a7 of title #aj1 ,united  
,states ,code71 shall develop and make  
publicly available guidance for private 

entities on how such entities can       
effectively prove that a biobased       
product of such entity provides         
capabilities meeting the requirements of
 the ,department of ,defense4  7b7      
,analysis  7#a7 ,in general ,the        
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states shall conduct an analysis of the
 process of the ,department of ,defense 
for developing requirements to determine
 if such processes intentionally or     
unintentionally exclude biobased        
products4  7#b7 ,report ,not later than 
one year after the date of the enactment
 of this ,act1 the ,comptroller ,general
 of the ,united ,states shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees 7as
 defined in section #aja7;a7 of title   
#aj1 ,united ,states ,code7 a report on 
the findings of the analysis conducted  
under paragraph 7#a7 and1 if            
,comptroller ,general determines through
 such analysis that the processes       
described in such paragraph exclude     
biobased products1 containing           

recommendations of the ,comptroller     
,general to reduce such exclusion4  7c7 
,biobased product defined ,in this      
section1 the term biobased product means
 a product manufactured1 produced1 or   
developed through the application living
 organisms to alter living or non-living
 materials4